March 22, 2022
FOX Sports reporter Sara Walsh will share her personal IVF journey following four miscarriages, multiple rounds of fertility treatments.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 21, 2022 – Award-winning sportscaster Sara Walsh of FOX Sports gave birth to fraternal twins via In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) after suffering four miscarriages, including one while she was on-air.
Walsh will recount the setbacks she experienced and talk about the doctor who never lost faith throughout her journey at the Sisisky-Kleppinger Annual Endowed Lecture for Women’s Health presented by Baptist Health on Tuesday, April 19, from 5:30 – 8 pm at WJCT Studios.
“People would tell me how common it was to have a miscarriage, that it happened to them and they were fine the next time around. I wasn’t,” said Walsh. As she told health.com, she hid her struggle to get pregnant from everyone but her husband. “Infertility is a medical issue, and it shouldn’t make anyone feel ashamed or embarrassed—and it definitely shouldn’t be hidden. As much as those suffering need compassion and understanding from others, we also need to be kinder to ourselves during the process and allow space for our own grief.” She hopes that by sharing her story, “One person may feel less alone in their fight.”
In addition to Walsh’s story, there will be a post-lecture Q&A session featuring a panel of experts who will discuss fertility issues in women and those close to them. The panel includes:
- Tra’Chella Johnson Foy, MD (Moderator) – Family Medicine, Baptist Primary Care
- Jill Garrett, PsyD – Psychologist, Baptist Behavioral Health
- Kendra Gillespie, MD – Obstetrician and Gynecologist
- Dawn Mormak, MD – Obstetrician and Gynecologist
- Samuel Brown, MD – Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Reproductive Infertility Endocrinologist
The event is free and open to the public. For more details and to register, please visit: WomensLecture.com/2022.
To read more of Walsh’s story, go to Juice, Baptist Health’s health news hub.
About Baptist Health
Baptist Health is a faith-based, mission-driven system in Northeast Florida comprised of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville; Baptist Medical Center Beaches; Baptist Medical Center Nassau; Baptist Medical Center South and Wolfson Children’s Hospital – the region’s only children’s hospital. All Baptist Health hospitals have achieved Magnet™ status for excellence in patient care. Baptist Health is part of Coastal Community Health, a highly integrated regional hospital network focused on significant initiatives designed to enhance the quality and value of care provided to our contiguous communities. Baptist Health has the area’s only dedicated heart hospital; orthopedic institute; women’s services; neurological institute, including comprehensive neurosurgical services, a comprehensive stroke center and two primary stroke centers; a Bariatric Center of Excellence; a full range of psychology and psychiatry services; urgent care services; primary and specialty care physicians’ offices throughout Northeast Florida; and Baptist Home Health Care by BAYADA. The Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center is a regional destination for multidisciplinary cancer care, which is clinically integrated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the internationally renowned cancer treatment and research institution in Houston. For more details, visit baptistjax.com.